Doctoral Dissertation Research: Religious Nationalism and Urban Space in Western India (1969-2002)

本论文研究了印度阿赫梅达巴德的社区骚乱如何在以前存在混合社区的地方创造了同质的种族社区。 这项研究将使用地理信息系统来追踪该市主要的宗教游行和骚乱。 档案记录（例如，政府调查，报纸）将被审查，以分析国家的不断变化的立场对骚乱和游行。 最后，半结构化的采访与当地领导人和居民附近的主要游行路线将被用来分析的机制，游行和社区暴力与创建种族同质的社区。

This dissertation investigates how communal riots in Ahmedabad, India, have created homogeneous ethnic neighborhoods where mixed neighborhoods previously existed. The research will use geographical information systems to track the city's major religious processions and riots. Archival records (e.g., government inquiries, newspapers) will be examined to analyze the state's changing position on riots and processions. Finally, semi-structured interviews with local leaders and residents living near the major procession route will be used to analyze the mechanisms that link the processions and communal violence with the creation of ethnically homogeneous neighborhoods.